Hemodynamic and physiologic changes during support with an implantable left ventricular assist device

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 409-418

  McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Savage, Robert M ^a   Fraser, Charles D ^a   Vargo, Rita ^a   James, Karen B ^a   Goormastic, Marlene ^a   Hobbs, Robert E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0028951013     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70271-7     Document Type: Article

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